From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29174 invoked by alias); 2 Aug 2009 02:22:55 -0000 Received: (qmail 29166 invoked by uid 22791); 2 Aug 2009 02:22:54 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from shell4.bayarea.net (HELO shell4.bayarea.net) (209.128.82.1) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Sun, 02 Aug 2009 02:22:49 +0000 Received: (qmail 5903 invoked from network); 1 Aug 2009 19:22:47 -0700 Received: from 209-128-106-254.bayarea.net (HELO redwood.eagercon.com) (209.128.106.254) by shell4.bayarea.net with SMTP; 1 Aug 2009 19:22:47 -0700 Message-ID: <4A74F876.1040908@eagercon.com> Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2009 02:22:00 -0000 From: Michael Eager User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090320) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: sumanth CC: gcc@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: extern variable References: <4A71B07A.1030600@redpinesignals.com> In-Reply-To: <4A71B07A.1030600@redpinesignals.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2009-08/txt/msg00016.txt.bz2 sumanth wrote: > Hi, > How can I make sure the debugging information printed by my > compiler for extern variables is correct. Make sure you compile with -g. If you don't generate debug info for the variable, gdb will default to printing it as an unknown symbol. -- Michael Eager eager@eagercon.com 1960 Park Blvd., Palo Alto, CA 94306 650-325-8077